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The Bolter
Written by Frances Osborne
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $30.00
She was irresistible. She inspired fiction, fantasy, legend, and art.
Some say she was “the Bolter” of Nancy Mitford’s novel The Pursuit of Love. She “played” Iris Storm in Michael Arlen’s celebrated novel about fashionable London’s lost generation, The Green Hat, and Greta Garbo played her in A Woman of Affairs, the... Read more >
Written by Frances Osborne
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $30.00
She was irresistible. She inspired fiction, fantasy, legend, and art.
Some say she was “the Bolter” of Nancy Mitford’s novel The Pursuit of Love. She “played” Iris Storm in Michael Arlen’s celebrated novel about fashionable London’s lost generation, The Green Hat, and Greta Garbo played her in A Woman of Affairs, the... Read more >
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The Bolter
Written by Frances Osborne
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $30.00
She was irresistible. She inspired fiction, fantasy, legend, and art.
Some say she was “the Bolter” of Nancy Mitford’s novel The Pursuit of Love. She “played” Iris Storm in Michael Arlen’s celebrated novel about fashionable London’s lost generation, The Green Hat, and Greta Garbo played her in A Woman of Affairs, the... Read more >
Written by Frances Osborne
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $30.00
She was irresistible. She inspired fiction, fantasy, legend, and art.
Some say she was “the Bolter” of Nancy Mitford’s novel The Pursuit of Love. She “played” Iris Storm in Michael Arlen’s celebrated novel about fashionable London’s lost generation, The Green Hat, and Greta Garbo played her in A Woman of Affairs, the... Read more >
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The Challenge for Africa
Written by Wangari Maathai
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $25.00
Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement, offers a refreshingly unique perspective on the challenges facing Africa, even as she calls for a moral revolution among Africans themselves, who, she argues, are culturally deracinated, adrift between worlds.
The troubles of Africa today are severe and wide-ranging... Read more >
Written by Wangari Maathai
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $25.00
Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement, offers a refreshingly unique perspective on the challenges facing Africa, even as she calls for a moral revolution among Africans themselves, who, she argues, are culturally deracinated, adrift between worlds.
The troubles of Africa today are severe and wide-ranging... Read more >
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The Challenge for Africa
Written by Wangari Maathai
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $25.00
Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement, offers a refreshingly unique perspective on the challenges facing Africa, even as she calls for a moral revolution among Africans themselves, who, she argues, are culturally deracinated, adrift between worlds.
The troubles of Africa today are severe and wide-ranging... Read more >
Written by Wangari Maathai
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $25.00
Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement, offers a refreshingly unique perspective on the challenges facing Africa, even as she calls for a moral revolution among Africans themselves, who, she argues, are culturally deracinated, adrift between worlds.
The troubles of Africa today are severe and wide-ranging... Read more >
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eBook and a
trade paperback.
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The Atlantic Sound
Written by Caryl Phillips
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 25, 2009
Price: $13.95
Liverpool, England; Accra, Ghana; Charleston, South Carolina. These were the points of the triangle forming the major route of the transatlantic slave trade. And these are the cities that acclaimed author Caryl Phillips explores--physically, historically, psychologically--in this wide-ranging meditation on the legacy of slavery and the impact of the African diaspora... Read more >
Written by Caryl Phillips
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 25, 2009
Price: $13.95
Liverpool, England; Accra, Ghana; Charleston, South Carolina. These were the points of the triangle forming the major route of the transatlantic slave trade. And these are the cities that acclaimed author Caryl Phillips explores--physically, historically, psychologically--in this wide-ranging meditation on the legacy of slavery and the impact of the African diaspora... Read more >
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Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams
The Story of Black Hollywood
Written by Donald Bogle
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2009
Price: $15.95
In Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams, Donald Bogle tells–for the first time–the story of a place both mythic and real: Black Hollywood. Spanning sixty years, this deliciously entertaining history uncovers the audacious manner in which many blacks made a place for themselves in an industry that originally had no place for them... Read more >
The Story of Black Hollywood
Written by Donald Bogle
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2009
Price: $15.95
In Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams, Donald Bogle tells–for the first time–the story of a place both mythic and real: Black Hollywood. Spanning sixty years, this deliciously entertaining history uncovers the audacious manner in which many blacks made a place for themselves in an industry that originally had no place for them... Read more >
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Another Day of Life
Written by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.95
In 1975, Angola was tumbling into pandemonium; everyone who could was packing crates, desperate to abandon the beleaguered colony. With his trademark bravura, Ryszard Kapuscinski went the other way, begging his was from Lisbon and comfort to Luanda—once famed as Africa's Rio de Janeiro—and chaos.
Angola, a slave colony later given over... Read more >
Written by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.95
In 1975, Angola was tumbling into pandemonium; everyone who could was packing crates, desperate to abandon the beleaguered colony. With his trademark bravura, Ryszard Kapuscinski went the other way, begging his was from Lisbon and comfort to Luanda—once famed as Africa's Rio de Janeiro—and chaos.
Angola, a slave colony later given over... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Bill Bryson's African Diary
Written by Bill Bryson
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $12.00
Read more >
Written by Bill Bryson
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $12.00
Read more >
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A Continent for the Taking
The Tragedy and Hope of Africa
Written by Howard W. French
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $15.95
Africa first captivated New York Times journalist Howard W. French more than twenty-five years ago, but his knowledge of and passion for the continent has the depth of a lifetime association. His experiences there awakened him as nothing before to the selfishness and shortsightedness of the rich, the suffering and dignity... Read more >
The Tragedy and Hope of Africa
Written by Howard W. French
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $15.95
Africa first captivated New York Times journalist Howard W. French more than twenty-five years ago, but his knowledge of and passion for the continent has the depth of a lifetime association. His experiences there awakened him as nothing before to the selfishness and shortsightedness of the rich, the suffering and dignity... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Country of My Skull
Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa
Written by Antjie Krog
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $16.00
Ever since Nelson Mandela dramatically walked out of prison in 1990 after twenty-seven years behind bars, South Africa has been undergoing a radical transformation. In one of the most miraculous events of the century, the oppressive system of apartheid was dismantled. Repressive laws mandating separation of the races were thrown out... Read more >
Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa
Written by Antjie Krog
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $16.00
Ever since Nelson Mandela dramatically walked out of prison in 1990 after twenty-seven years behind bars, South Africa has been undergoing a radical transformation. In one of the most miraculous events of the century, the oppressive system of apartheid was dismantled. Repressive laws mandating separation of the races were thrown out... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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African History for Beginners
Written by Herb Boyd
Illustrated by Shey Wolvek-Pfister
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $14.95
Archaeological discoveries indicate that Africa was the birthplace of humankind. African History For Beginners provides striking visuals and fascinating text which bring to life this continent of riches and wonders, and also of people often unknown or misunderstood. Explore the rich history of the continent of contrasts. Discover the glory of... Read more >
Written by Herb Boyd
Illustrated by Shey Wolvek-Pfister
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $14.95
Archaeological discoveries indicate that Africa was the birthplace of humankind. African History For Beginners provides striking visuals and fascinating text which bring to life this continent of riches and wonders, and also of people often unknown or misunderstood. Explore the rich history of the continent of contrasts. Discover the glory of... Read more >
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A Savage War of Peace
Algeria 1954-1962
Written by Alistair Horne
Format: Trade Paperback, 624 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $19.95
The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It brought down six French governments, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, returned de Gaulle to power, and came close to provoking a civil war on French soil. More than a million Muslim Algerians died in the conflict and as many... Read more >
Algeria 1954-1962
Written by Alistair Horne
Format: Trade Paperback, 624 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $19.95
The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It brought down six French governments, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, returned de Gaulle to power, and came close to provoking a civil war on French soil. More than a million Muslim Algerians died in the conflict and as many... Read more >
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The Politics of Bones
Dr. Owens Wiwa and the Struggle for Nigeria's Oil
Written by J.Timothy Hunt
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: September 5, 2006
Price: $16.50
On November 10, 1995, Nigeria’s military dictatorship executed nine environmental activists. Among them was Ken Saro-Wiwa, the charismatic spokesman of the Ogoni people, whose land in the fertile Niger River delta has been grotesquely polluted by the Royal Dutch Shell Corporation. During Ken’s incarceration, his brother, Dr. Owens Wiwa, fought valiantly... Read more >
Dr. Owens Wiwa and the Struggle for Nigeria's Oil
Written by J.Timothy Hunt
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: September 5, 2006
Price: $16.50
On November 10, 1995, Nigeria’s military dictatorship executed nine environmental activists. Among them was Ken Saro-Wiwa, the charismatic spokesman of the Ogoni people, whose land in the fertile Niger River delta has been grotesquely polluted by the Royal Dutch Shell Corporation. During Ken’s incarceration, his brother, Dr. Owens Wiwa, fought valiantly... Read more >
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Mimi and Toutou's Big Adventure
The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika
Written by Giles Foden
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2006
Price: $14.95
When the First World War breaks out, the British navy is committed to engaging the enemy wherever there is water to float a ship—even if the body of water in question is a remote African lake and the enemy an intimidating fleet of German steamers. The leader of this improbable mission... Read more >
The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika
Written by Giles Foden
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2006
Price: $14.95
When the First World War breaks out, the British navy is committed to engaging the enemy wherever there is water to float a ship—even if the body of water in question is a remote African lake and the enemy an intimidating fleet of German steamers. The leader of this improbable mission... Read more >
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Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams
The Story of Black Hollywood
Written by Donald Bogle
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: January 31, 2006
Price: $15.95
In Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams, Donald Bogle tells–for the first time–the story of a place both mythic and real: Black Hollywood. Spanning sixty years, this deliciously entertaining history uncovers the audacious manner in which many blacks made a place for themselves in an industry that originally had no place for them... Read more >
The Story of Black Hollywood
Written by Donald Bogle
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: January 31, 2006
Price: $15.95
In Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams, Donald Bogle tells–for the first time–the story of a place both mythic and real: Black Hollywood. Spanning sixty years, this deliciously entertaining history uncovers the audacious manner in which many blacks made a place for themselves in an industry that originally had no place for them... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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A Continent for the Taking
The Tragedy and Hope of Africa
Written by Howard W. French
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: April 12, 2005
Price: $15.95
In A Continent for the Taking Howard W. French, a veteran correspondent for The New York Times, gives a compelling firsthand account of some of Africa’s most devastating recent history–from the fall of Mobutu Sese Seko, to Charles Taylor’s arrival in Monrovia, to the genocide in Rwanda and the Congo that... Read more >
The Tragedy and Hope of Africa
Written by Howard W. French
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: April 12, 2005
Price: $15.95
In A Continent for the Taking Howard W. French, a veteran correspondent for The New York Times, gives a compelling firsthand account of some of Africa’s most devastating recent history–from the fall of Mobutu Sese Seko, to Charles Taylor’s arrival in Monrovia, to the genocide in Rwanda and the Congo that... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Cruelest Journey
Six Hyndred Miles To Timbuktu
Written by Kira Salak
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2004
Price: $26.00
Read more >
Six Hyndred Miles To Timbuktu
Written by Kira Salak
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2004
Price: $26.00
Read more >
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
An African Childhood
Written by Alexandra Fuller
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: March 11, 2003
Price: $15.00
In Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, Alexandra Fuller remembers her African childhood with candor and sensitivity. Though it is a diary of an unruly life in an often inhospitable place, it is suffused with Fuller’s endearing ability to find laughter, even when there is little to celebrate. Fuller’s debut... Read more >
An African Childhood
Written by Alexandra Fuller
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: March 11, 2003
Price: $15.00
In Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, Alexandra Fuller remembers her African childhood with candor and sensitivity. Though it is a diary of an unruly life in an often inhospitable place, it is suffused with Fuller’s endearing ability to find laughter, even when there is little to celebrate. Fuller’s debut... Read more >
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Into Africa
The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone
Written by Martin Dugard
Read by John Lee
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: December 20, 2002
Price: $19.95
With the utterance of a single line—“Doctor Livingstone, I presume?”—a remote meeting in the heart of Africa was transformed into one of the most famous encounters in exploration history. But the true story behind Dr. David Livingstone and journalist Henry Morton Stanley is one that has escaped telling. Into Africa is... Read more >
The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone
Written by Martin Dugard
Read by John Lee
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: December 20, 2002
Price: $19.95
With the utterance of a single line—“Doctor Livingstone, I presume?”—a remote meeting in the heart of Africa was transformed into one of the most famous encounters in exploration history. But the true story behind Dr. David Livingstone and journalist Henry Morton Stanley is one that has escaped telling. Into Africa is... Read more >
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Bill Bryson's African Diary
Written by Bill Bryson
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: December 3, 2002
Price: $12.00
“Here is a man who suffers so his readers can laugh.” — Daily Telegraph
Bill Bryson travels to Kenya in support of CARE International. All royalties and profits go to CARE International.
Bryson visits Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to eradicating poverty. Kenya is a land of contrasts... Read more >
Written by Bill Bryson
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: December 3, 2002
Price: $12.00
“Here is a man who suffers so his readers can laugh.” — Daily Telegraph
Bill Bryson travels to Kenya in support of CARE International. All royalties and profits go to CARE International.
Bryson visits Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to eradicating poverty. Kenya is a land of contrasts... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Shadow of the Sun
Written by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2002
Price: $15.00
In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often... Read more >
Written by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2002
Price: $15.00
In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
An African Childhood
Written by Alexandra Fuller
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 5, 2002
Price: $15.00
When the ship veered into the Cape of Good Hope, Mum caught the spicy, heady scent of Africa on the changing wind. She smelled the people: raw onions and salt, the smell of people who are not afraid to eat meat, and who smoke fish over open fires on the beach... Read more >
An African Childhood
Written by Alexandra Fuller
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 5, 2002
Price: $15.00
When the ship veered into the Cape of Good Hope, Mum caught the spicy, heady scent of Africa on the changing wind. She smelled the people: raw onions and salt, the smell of people who are not afraid to eat meat, and who smoke fish over open fires on the beach... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Atlantic Sound
Written by Caryl Phillips
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2001
Price: $13.95
In this fascinating inquiry into the African Diaspora, Caryl Phillips embarks on a soul-wrenching journey to the three major ports of the transatlantic slave trade.
Juxtaposing stories of the past with his own present-day experiences, Phillips combines his remarkable skills as a travel essayist with an astute understanding of history. From... Read more >
Written by Caryl Phillips
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2001
Price: $13.95
In this fascinating inquiry into the African Diaspora, Caryl Phillips embarks on a soul-wrenching journey to the three major ports of the transatlantic slave trade.
Juxtaposing stories of the past with his own present-day experiences, Phillips combines his remarkable skills as a travel essayist with an astute understanding of history. From... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Africa
Written by John Reader
Photographed by Michael Lewis
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2001
Price: $50.00
Read more >
Written by John Reader
Photographed by Michael Lewis
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2001
Price: $50.00
Read more >
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The Shadow of the Sun
Written by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 5, 2001
Price: $15.00
A moving portrait of Africa from Poland's most celebrated foreign correspondent - a masterpiece from a modern master.
Famous for being in the wrong places at just the right times, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa in 1957, at the beginning of the end of colonial rule - the "sometimes dramatic and painful... Read more >
Written by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 5, 2001
Price: $15.00
A moving portrait of Africa from Poland's most celebrated foreign correspondent - a masterpiece from a modern master.
Famous for being in the wrong places at just the right times, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa in 1957, at the beginning of the end of colonial rule - the "sometimes dramatic and painful... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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